AggroChat Podcast

AggroChat #411 – Twitter Thanos Snap

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Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Kodra, and Tamrielo

This week was one of those shows when I was not entirely certain we had enough material.  Yet in spite of that…  we once again ran over our intended hour-long recording time.  We start off the show with Ash engaging in some Bel-like mechanical nonsense and attempting to repurpose a dedicated dance pad into something more universal.  From there we dive into some discussion about what is going on at Twitter this week and how it feels like somewhere between a guild falling apart and the closing of an MMORPG.  Kodra talks about Overhaul…  which is a roguelike Sudoku.  He completely lost Bel when he got to the Sudoku part.  From there we dive into a discussion about how weird and frustrating it can be to come back to a game after being gone for a very long time, and how none of them really do a great job of re-onboarding you.

Topics Discussed

  • Beethoven Virus
    • Adapting a dedicated dance pad to general purposes
  • Twitter and the Thanos Snap
    • Speedrunning the Death of a Company
    • Feels like playing a dying MMORPG
    • Mastodon doesn’t want to be the next Twitter
  • Overhaul
    • The Roguelike Sudoku
  • Returning to Games
    • Games Do a Bad Job of Re-Onboarding

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AggroChat #410 – Enter the Pitt

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Featuring: Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen

Tonight we have a bit of a weird show, where we start off talking about the nonsense happening over on Twitter with the Muskrat purchase of the company going through.  Bel talks a bit about social media alternatives and how the administrators on the Fediverse/Mastodon instances are straining a bit under the load.  From there we talk a bit about the community being angry at Magic, and Bel’s adventures in buying the cheapest Wish dot com proxies he could find.  We continue to talk about New World and how Themiscyra is now open for business again.  There are a number of interesting changes on the PTR and we talk through those.  Finally, we land on Fallout 76, the game the other half of the show has been enjoying.  The crew playing makes their way into The Pitt expedition and talks a bit about that experience.

Topics Discussed

  • Twitter Nonsense
    • Muskrat Buys Dumpster Fire
    • Fediverse Admins are Tired
  • Magic Debacle Continued
    • Bel’s Adventures in Cheap Proxies
    • Secret Lair Frustrations
    • Magic Vegas Frustrations
  • New World
    • Themiscyra Open for Business
    • Gathering still the best
    • Weird level-band problems
    • Upcoming changes
  • Fallout 76
    • Entering The Pitt

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AggroChat #409 – Themiscyra Lockdown

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Featuring:  Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Grace, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen

This week we had a full house with everyone on the podcast.  With the way, life has been lately this has been a rare treasure.  We start off with some talk about Grace’s experiences in Torchlight Infinite and Kaichu.  Ash talks a bit about Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom and how the entire Wonder Boy series is nonsense.  Thalen shares his thoughts about the launch of Marvel Snap.  Kodra talks a bit about Mario and Rabbids Spark of Hope and how wrong it is that the Rabbids can now talk.  From there we dive into the New World Re-Roll and how in spite of our best intentions we still could not get everyone on the same damned server.  Finally, we wrap up with a little talk about the not-MyLittlePony fighting game called Them’s Fightin Herds.

Topics Discussed

  • Torchlight Infinite
  • Kaichu
  • Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom
  • Marvel Snap
  • Mario and Rabbids Spark of Hope
  • New World Re-roll
    • Fatal Flaw
  • Them’s Fightin Herds

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AggroChat #408 – Seeking Mothman

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Featuring: Ammosart, Ashgar, Belghast, Kodra, Tamrielo, and Thalen

We start with a topic we did not get to last week and talk about the modern Digimon Card game.  From there we talk about Fallout 76 and Thalen beginning the game, along with the various improvements that have happened over the years.  We talk very briefly and very spoiler free about how good She-Hulk was.  Kodra talks a bit about Taiji and its more approachable and less pretentious version of The Witness.  Bel talks a bit about the Torchlight Infinite Open Beta and how you can actually use keybinds now.  Ash talks about the card game roguelike Roguebook, and while Richard Garfield was involved it is nothing like Magic.  Tam talks about how good the Leagues of Votann are and then dives into a topic about finding his white whale and how dumb limited availability items are.

Topics Discussed

  • Digimon Card Game
  • Fallout 76
  • She-Hulk was Phenomenal
  • Taiji
  • Torchlight Infinite is Playable
  • Roguebook
  • Squats are Back
  • Limited-Availability is Dumb

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